Rubio: We can deliver aid to Gaza without ‘corrupt, unsalvageable’ UNRWA

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio says Washington believes that humanitarian aid can be delivered in Gaza without the UN agency for Palestinian refugees.

“UNRWA is a corrupted organization that’s unsalvageable. Period,” Rubio says when asked during a press briefing about reporting that the US is considering sanctioning the agency, which has members proven to have ties with Hamas.

Rubio is also asked about an executive order signed by US President Donald Trump directing his cabinet to explore sanctions against local Muslim Brotherhood chapters. The reporter raising the question takes issue with the order’s focus on the chapters in Egypt, Lebanon and Jordan, while making no mention of Turkey and Qatar.

Rubio doesn’t address the question directly but says the US will make an announcement regarding Muslim Brotherhood sanctions if not later today, then early next week.